Chris Ruskin, GiN Staff

Chris Ruskin is an aspiring writer who has a particular fondness for Bioware-style RPG's and experiences a sort sadistic/loving relationship with From Software games like Bloodborne. Some of his favorite games of all time include: The Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, The Last of Us, Valkyria Chronicles, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, Destiny, and Devil May Cry 3. When he’s not playing games he’s usually writing, studying, watching anime, or occasionally playing guitar.

Recent Posts

Looking for a little exciting multiplayer combat? Try doing it while piloting a seemingly inebriated rocket ship pulled from the cells of a 1950s sci-fi movie. Rocket Wars is a frustrating but fun exercise in chaotic combat.

Both beautiful and challenging, Rain World is a hauntingly beautiful side-scroller that deals with heavy issues such as morality, loss and the value of family. It’s a dangerous world, but worth the journey.

After picking up numerous awards, including a GiN Game of the Year for strategy titles, the stylish, story-packed Viking saga moves to consoles, where it’s sure to find an appreciative audience. We take a look at the new console port.

While The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is doing great overall, episode three, Above the Law, is a bit of low point in the series. It’s one of those transitional episodes where not much happens other than setting us up for future adventures.

Lemuria: Lost in Space finds players in the role of an android space detective, trying to determine what happened to a ship that disappeared 70 years ago. Your investigations take place in a glorious throwback point and click adventure.

Gamers should really appreciate the humor of Rise and Shine, an Adult Swim bullet hell type adventure that adds in some very clever humor, often at the expense of the game industry and many of its most sacred tropes.

Shift Happens is a quirky and enjoyable puzzle platformer about two creatures made of jelly escaping from their lab and setting off on a grand adventure. Simple but fun, with a little bit of humor mixed in, it might just jiggle its way into your heart.